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vii contents List of Contributors ix List of Figures xi List of Tables xv Acknowledgments xvii 1. Behind the Scenes and into the Kitchen: New Directions for the Study of Prehistoric Meals 1 Elizabeth A. Klarich 2. Food Preparation and Feasting in the Household and Political Economy of Pre-Hispanic Philippine Chiefdoms 17 Laura Lee Junker and Lisa Niziolek 3. The Cycle of Production, Preparation, and Consumption in a Northern Mesopotamian City 55 Jason A. Ur and Carlo Colantoni 4. Fine Dining and Fabulous Atmosphere: Feasting Facilities and Political Interaction in the Wari Realm 83 Donna J. Nash viii contents 5. Big Hearths and Big Pots: Moche Feasting on the North Coast of Peru 111 George Gumerman IV 6. Maya Palace Kitchens: Suprahousehold Food Preparation at the Late and Terminal Classic Site of Xunantunich, Belize 133 Lisa J. LeCount 7. Feeding the Fire: Food and Craft Production in the Middle Sicán Period (AD 950–1050) 161 David J. Goldstein and Izumi Shimada 8. The Wari Brewer Woman: Feasting, Gender, Offerings, and Memory 191 William H. Isbell and Amy Groleau 9. Expanding the Feast: Food Preparation, Feasting, and the Social Negotiation of Gender and Power 221 Arthur A. Joyce 10. Making Meals (Matter) 241 James M. Potter Index 253 ...

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